Lee Harwood

British poet Lee Harwood was born in Leicester and raised in Chertsey, Surrey. He studied at Queen Mary College, University of London and soon became involved in the London poetry scene of the 1960s. The author of over 20 volumes of poetry, fiction, and translations, his poetry collections include Collected Poems 1964-2004, Selected Poems (2008), and The Orchid Boat (2014). His work is influenced equally by Romantic poets such as John Clare and William Wordsworth and by 20th-century movements such as Dada, the Black Mountain poets, and the New York School.

Harwood lived in Brighton for much of his life and until his death in 2015.